Paul Hilder

• President
• Council of Marine Carriers
• https://comc.cc/

Paul is President of the Council of Marine Carriers, an association representing domestic marine operators in BC.  Prior to joining the CMC in February 2022, Paul’s career spanned 40 years in the domestic and international maritime sector both at sea and onshore in operations support and senior management roles,

He began his seagoing profession on family-owned fish boats working in the BC salmon fishery, but realized early on, that was a diminishing industry. His career progressed into the marine transportation sector where he spent time sailing as an Apprentice Engineer during the waning days of oil exploration in Canada’s Arctic and later on the BC coast in the tug and barge industry.

Coming ashore in the mid 1990’s, Paul shoreside operations experience include time working with domestic tug operators, internationally in the offshore industry, shipbuilding, and specialized heavy lift transports. Paul has held positions in Dispatch, Vessel Operations and Chartering,  New Vessel Construction and  Executive Management.

During his career, he gained a wide array of knowledge and experience in Marine operations, Regulatory and Compliance, Safety Management, Labor Relations and Training.

Paul’s time at the Council began as the domestic industry enters an exciting period of change, as emerging energy markets develop requiring modern fleets of powerful, highly advanced tugs at the same time the industry faces significant Mariner shortages and workforce recruitment challenges.